29 Dec East Africa general news, East Africa news, East Africa Social Issues, Politics, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (Globe and Mail) Africa’s new brooms clean house December 29, 2015 By Madina Toure ROBERT ROTBERG | Special to The Globe and Mail | Published Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 8:00AM EST Robert Rotberg is foundin... Continue reading
29 Dec East Africa general news, East Africa news, East Africa Social Issues, General news, North Africa news, Politics, Social Issues, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (VOA) CPJ Report Highlights Journalists’ Struggles in Africa December 29, 2015 By Madina Toure Lenny Ruvaga December 29, 2015 11:06 AM NAIROBI—The Committee to Protect Journalists has released its annual report... Continue reading
22 Dec General news, New York City Metro Area News, Southern Africa, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa news, U.S News, Uncategorized, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (Newsweek) The Real Africa, Through the Lens of African Photographers December 22, 2015 By Madina Toure By Mirren Gidda On 12/22/15 at 2:00 AM Africa has long been irresistible to art photographers. The diversity of its 54 nations, it... Continue reading
17 Dec General news, North Africa news, Politics, Social Issues, Southern Africa, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa news, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (Deutsche Welle) Will Africa have its own ‘Arab Spring?’ December 17, 2015 By Madina Toure The Arab Spring happened five years ago but this is not an anniversary to celebrate as Tunisia remains the one success story. But that ... Continue reading
16 Dec Economic news, General news, Politics, Social Issues, U.S News, West Africa economic news, West Africa general news, West Africa news (Face2Face Africa) Obama Appoints Adewale Adeyemo as Deputy National Security Adviser December 17, 2015 By Madina Toure 16 December 2015 | By Face2Face Africa Staff U.S. President Barack Obama has named Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo his deputy national secur... Continue reading
15 Dec East Africa general news, East Africa news, East Africa Social Issues, General news, North Africa news, Social Issues, Southern Africa, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa news, Uncategorized, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (The Conversation) African stories to get and keep kids reading during school holidays December 15, 2015 By Madina Toure Holidays are a great occasion for reading, whether kids are doing so alone or a family is sitting down together with a book. But what d... Continue reading
15 Dec East Africa economic news, East Africa general news, East Africa news, Economic news, General news, Social Issues, Southern Africa, Southern Africa economic news, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa news, Uncategorized, West Africa economic news, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (The Economist) For most urban Africans, owning anything other than a slum home is out of reach December 15, 2015 By Madina Toure LAGOS, the congested commercial capital of Nigeria, has a population variously estimated at anything from 12m-21m. But what is certain ... Continue reading
10 Dec General news, Politics, Social Issues, U.S News, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (Ventures Africa) This Nigerian-born fashion designer decorated the White House December 10, 2015 By Madina Toure Nigerian-born fashion designer, Duro Oluwu, was enlisted by the First Lady of the United States of America to decorate the white house ... Continue reading
09 Dec East Africa general news, East Africa news, Economic news, General news, North Africa news, Social Issues, Southern Africa, Southern Africa general news, Southern Africa news, Uncategorized, West Africa general news, West Africa news (Global Risk Insights) Africa seeks more equitable deal at UN Climate Summit December 9, 2015 By Madina Toure By Andrew Manners, December 8, 2015 Despite contributing only a fraction of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, Africa is being hi... Continue reading
07 Dec General news, Politics, Uncategorized, West Africa economic news, West Africa general news, West Africa news, West Africa Social Issues (Reuters Africa) Burkina charges former coup leader over murder of Sankara December 8, 2015 By Madina Toure Sun Dec 6, 2015 2:29pm GMT By Nadoun Coulibaly OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Authorities in Burkina Faso have charged a general who led... Continue reading